The London Kelt

WELSH TABERNACLE. In connection with the King's Cross Mutual Improvement Society, the last meeting of the session was held on Saturday. The attendance was good, though not sufficient to do justice to the lavish amount of refreshments kindly pro- vided by the young ladies, who had decisively made up their minds to do more than usual honour to the last social of the session. Two songs having been rendered by Miss Davies and Miss Williams, the Secretaries then read their reports, which were, on the whole, of a highly satisfactory character. It appears that the work of the society during the last session was attended with more suc- cessful results tnan since it was founded. Greater interest was taken in the debates and lectures. One of the chief characteristic features of the late session was the prominent part performed by the ladies, who very materially contributed to its great success. The officers selected for the coming session were Dr. Evans, president Mr. Bowen, treasurer; M. P. Roberts and Mr. W.Daniel, secretaries. The whole meeting highly appre- ciated the brilliant and successful manner wherein the late secretaries, Mr. Rice and Mr. Tudor Jones, had acquitted themselves in their trying position. The Rev Dr. Evans and Mr. Williams gave very encouraging addresses to all those who fulfil dutifully the original object of the Mutual Improvement Society of the Welsh Tabernacle. EGLWYS Y'M.C.'CLAPHAM JUNCTION. Y mae yr eglwys ieuanc uchod erbyn hyn wedi cymeryd Hall arall, yr hon sydd lawer mwy helaeth a chysurus na'r Felix Institute. Yn ddiamheu mae yr achos wedi cael cam dir- fawr yn y gorphenol, o eisiau lie helaethach, a digalon iawn yr ymddangosai y cyfeillion wrth geisio cymhell eraill i chwanegu at eu nifer, pan nad oedd mewn gwirionedd le gan- ddynt i'w derbyn. Yn awr gallant daflu breichiau agored i dderbyn pawb a ddymun- ant gael eu lie yn yr Eglwys. Y mae y lie newydd yn agos ger Haw y Northcote St. John's Road, Clapham Junction, taith dau funyd oddiwrth fasnachdy Messrs. Francis and Son. Dechreua y gwasanaeth yno nos Wener y Groglith, pryd y pregethir gan y Parch. Elis James Jones, Manchester. Y GYMANFA GANU YN CHARING CROSS ROAD. Yr oedd y Gymanfa eleni yr un o'r mwyaf llewyrchus a gafwyd ynglyn a'r Trefnyddion Calfinaidd. Yr oedd yr arweinydd Mr. John Thomas, Llanwrtyd, yn ei hwyliau goreu-yr oedd yr adeilad yn orlawn, y canu yn dda, yn neillduol y Salmdon Dywedodd Mr. Thomas ei fod yn meddwl fod y salmdon wedi cael mwy o sylw gan y cantorion y tro hyn na'r tonau. Od iawn hyn hefyd, oherwydd clywais nad oedd cynulleidfa Charing Cross wedi ei chanu unwaith Yr oeddwn wedi darllen llith Mynorydd ar hanes Caniadaeth y Cyssegr fisoedd yn ol, lie y dywedai ei fod yn gofalu i donau Llyfr y Gymanfa gael He helaeth yn y gwasanaeth, o bryd i bryd. Sut y cysonir hyny a'r amgylchiad presenol ? Fe gymerodd Mr. Thomas y tonau yn rheolaidd yn ol y llyfr y tro hwn, yr oedd hyn yn welliant mawr. Gan fod yr arweinydd yn trefnu y tonau a ddewiswyd gan y pwyllgor, y mae yn chwithig i beidio gwneyd hyn bob amser.-GWYLIEDYDD. CYMDEITHAS DDIRWESTOL CYMRY LLUNDAIN. Ymgyfarfu pwyllgor y gymdeithas uchod yn King's Cross nos Fercher yr i leg cyfisol. Llywyddwyd gan Dr. Evans. Penderfynwyd fod cyfarfod blynyddol y gymdeithas i'w gynal yn Jewin Newydd yn mis Mai- Dr. Evans, llywydd y Gymdeithas, i fod yn y gadair, a bod cais yn cael ei wneyd i gael Syr Wifred Lawson a Miss Rees (Cranogwen), i anerch y cyfarfod. Stepney,—Cynhaliwyd cyfarfod dirwestol o dan nawdd y gymdeithas uchod yn Stepney nos Fercher y i8fed. Llanwyd y gadair gan Dr. Evans. Dechreuwyd trwy weddi gan y Parch. Robert Parry, B.A. Cafwyd araeth doddedig ac effeithiol gan yr areithiwr dir- westol enwog Plenydd," a sylwadau pellach gan y Parch. R. Parry, Mri. W. Jones, Bow, a W. Griffiths, Stratford. Dadganwyd yn y cyfarfod gan Miss Annie Pearce yn dda fel arfer.-T. P. CHARING CROSS LITERARY SOCIETY. Mr. Arthur Price, B.A., read a highly inter- esting and instructive paper before the above society on Friday. The subject was The part played by Wales in and after the Wars of the Roses." It was a tract of history not easily followed but Mr. Price showed the splendid stand that was made by the Welsh at Harlech and Raglan Castles. He also pointed out that our fellow-countrymen fought on the side of the Cavaliers-but later on they be- came neutral, and Mr. Price maintained that had they taken an active part at the time, it was possible that the result would have been to make England a Catholic country, and that it might have continued a Catholic country up till the present day The above society through the kindness and generosity of Mr. Howell J. Williams was invited to meet their president the Rev. Abraham Roberts at Penrhyn, Camden Road, on Saturday evening. Between 80 and go I members and friends were able to accept the invitation, and thoroughly enjoyed the recep- tion, excellent selections of music, vocal and instrumental, and recitations were given by the members, after which they adjourned to several rooms to regale themselves with the refreshments that had been prepared for them. This was not the first occasion that Mr. Wil- liams had entertained the society, but this time he was assisted by a wife.

aur." This was the least effective of all the pieces sung. The title is misleading; it ought to be called Y delyn aur, with variations," or a Vocal fantasia." The words of the hymn had been altered, the order of the verses reversed, and the tune as known to us had been turned topsy turvey I am afraid our Queen has been misled if she supposes that this is the form of our congregational tunes in worship. It has been made into a show piece for the choir. If" Cyfnewidwyr emynau are past praying for, the" cyfnewidwyr onan" will be classed, I imagine, not far off. The destruction of Gaza" had many of the peculiarities of previous pieces, and did not produce much effect. A slight change in the programme brought a quartette of young men forward out of the choir to sing Soldier's farewell" and it refreshed the soul to hear the finished singing of these four. It was one of the greatest treats of this splendid concert. It was a la meistersingers," and one felt that ten or more similar quartettes might be produced from that choir. The success was immense. The demand for encore was irresistible so they gave "Mentra Gwen" in the same finished style. It made one feel that the concert might have easily been made up entirely by the choir. I trust that this is done in the provinces. They have an excellent pianist as accom- panist, who could vary the items with an occasional solo. But to resume- The choir afterwards sang that impressive and expressive Pilgrim's chorus (Parry), with lovely solo passages and rich harmonies. God save the Queen (in English but they have learnt Welsh to it now), and" Hen wlad fy nhadau," with the solo sung admirably by Mr Gabriel Williams, concluded the con- cert. I am afraid I have exceeded my limit; but excellent work was done by our admirable set of vocalists Misses Nelly Asher and May John Messrs. Maldwyn Humphreys and Ernlyn Davies; Iago Lewis, Miss Llewela Davies, and Mr. Merlin Morgan, piano; Mr. F. Griffiths, flute; and Miss Lizzie Price, elocutionist.-M YNORYDD.